mother tongue
Example Sentences
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Though Vargas’ mother was educated in the American school system, she made a point of preserving her family’s mother tongue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
He dropped his English name, James, and resolved to write only in the language of the Kikuyu people, his mother tongue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
It just created this real, almost, like, subconscious intimacy because it’s the mother tongue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025
For Esau, not being able to speak her mother tongue was "a wound".
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2025
The stranger had learned a great deal of the Incan mother tongue in the year since I had seen him.
From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis
